Phew! I feared conditions were worse than expected out there and Steve was getting the train home. That would have been a shame having got himself transferred up there last night to take advantage of todays northerly.

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Conditions were unbelievably shite when I collected him in Lowestoft last night. Heavy wind-driven wet, sleety snow. The roads were slushy, except where they were flooded. Apparently, he'd had to negotiate fallen trees in the forest, earlier - as well as snowy roads.

Anyway, he made himself a little nest on the second row of seats in the van, reserved the last room in the Premier Inn at Tad, and slept all the way from Norwich to the hotel.

The nightwatchman at the hotel was a complete knobber and wouldn't let Steve in with his bike, so we had to squander valuable sleeping time transferring to the Travelodge t'other side of the A64. The lovely lady there was much more helpful - we managed to bypass the usual "No, we're full I'm afraid" which is TL policy for anyone who just turns up. Judging by the start-time on the tracker, Steve probably had another 3-4 hours sleep.

For someone who's riding 200 miles a day through a British winter, he looks and seems in remarkably good spirits.

The plan is for him to ride the tailwind today - but plans may change, as always - so keep watching that tracker!

Conditions were unbelievably shite when I collected him in Lowestoft last night. Heavy wind-driven wet, sleety snow. The roads were slushy, except where they were flooded. Apparently, he'd had to negotiate fallen trees in the forest, earlier - as well as snowy roads.

Anyway, he made himself a little nest on the second row of seats in the van, reserved the last room in the Premier Inn at Tad, and slept all the way from Norwich to the hotel.

The nightwatchman at the hotel was a complete knobber and wouldn't let Steve in with his bike, so we had to squander valuable sleeping time transferring to the Travelodge t'other side of the A64. The lovely lady there was much more helpful - we managed to bypass the usual "No, we're full I'm afraid" which is TL policy for anyone who just turns up. Judging by the start-time on the tracker, Steve probably had another 3-4 hours sleep.

For someone who's riding 200 miles a day through a British winter, he looks and seems in remarkably good spirits.

The plan is for him to ride the tailwind today - but plans may change, as always - so keep watching that tracker!

Yep, is now heading SW down the A64 towards Tadcaster. A real change of scenery.

He only went NE away from Tadcaster on the A64. Don't believe Google's attempt at connecting the dots from the tracker. The points on the dark blue line are where he definitely went, the light blue line is Google's guesswork at connecting the dots.

He hasn't been to York railway station either. Looks like he went to The Munch Station cafe nearby.

For someone who's riding 200 miles a day through a British winter, he looks and seems in remarkably good spirits.

Well done Chris! I'm especially glad to hear that last bit about his condition. The challenge is one thing, but Steve's well-being is far more important, and it's great news that he appears to be bearing up. What an effort!

So far today per the Tracker TG has done 83 miles in 8hrs 11mins and Kasja has done 83 miles in 8 hrs 5 mins. Apart from fact that Kasja soon be back home and in the warm while TG has another 8 hours or so... need for more speed TG